Brick



March J. LANE BRICK Filed Jan. 24.l 19271 armonie, tenses, assrenon or cnn-rareza ro suenen n. or :seniors courrier, runas,

reruns? Application filed January 2e, 12.21. Serial No. 439,503'.

San nntonio, in the county of Bexar and te of Texas, have invented new and useful Brick, ci which the following is a specifi` cation.

rllhe device fori/ning the subject matter or" this application is a b1. ick, and the invention aiins to provide brick so constructed that, although a wall nay be niade of but a single thickness ot bricks, there will, nevertheless, be a circulation ci air through the wall, it being possible for the air to circulate not only through the wall but into and through a properly constructed ceiling or a properly constructed 4floor.

rlhe invention aims, further, to provide a brick which is so constructed that, owing to a proper circulation of air, the temperature in the building will be maintained practically uniform.

lt is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility ot devices oit that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement or1 parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ci what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the Spirit oi" the invention.

l'n the accompanying drawings Figure l shows in vertical section, a portion or" a building constructed in accordance with the invention, the remote wall or the building being broken awaf Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line 2-2 oi" Figure l.

The numeral l denotes a brick having a longitudinal passage 2 extended entirely through the brick frein end to end. The brick l has transverse passages 3, intersecting the passage 2, the passages 3 extending entirely through the brick at right angles to the passage 2. it one end of the longitudinal passage 2, a projecting thinoble il is formed on brick, a recess 5 being formed in the en oic tho Uri/d Stats, residing at brick at the opposite end of the passage 2, thc recess 5 of one brick being adapted to re ceive a thiinble l of an ad'oining brickn the 55 thiinble l being somewhat longer than the depth oi the recess 5, so that, between the ends of adjoining bricks, there exists a space adapted to receive mortar 6. At one end of each transverse passage 3 there is thinible 60 7, and at the other end or" each transverse passage there is a recess 8, the thiinble of one brick being adapted to be received in the recess ot an adjoining brick, the thirnbles being somewhat longer than the depth ci the recess, so as to space the horizontal surfaces of the bricks, for the reception or the mortar 9.

lt will be obvious that the air can circulate vertically through the passages 3, and

can circulate horizontally through the passage 2 of each brick, the wall being honeycombed so that a thorough and general circulation may be brought about. Further, by the use oi a properly constructed corner brick l0 and by the use of properly con- 75 structed ceiling bricks l1, and door bricks l2, the air may circulate not only in the vertical walls ci the building, but, as well through the floor and through the ceiling.

Having thus described the invention, what S0 is claimed is:

l. A brick provided with intersecting passages extended entirely through the brick at right angles to each other, there being a recess in the brick at one end of each passage,

and a thirnble projecting from the brick at the other end of each passage, each thirnble being longer than the depth of the corresponding recess, the thirnbles and recesses being so shaped that each thimble on one brick may be received in the corresponding recess of an adjoining brick.

2. A brick provided with intersecting passages extended entirely through the brick at an angle to each other, there bein@r a recess in the brick at one end o each passage, and a thirnble projecting from the brick at the other end cie each passage, the recesses and the thimbles being of small cross sectional area, compared with the cross sectional area than the depth of the corresponding recess, as my own, I have hereto affixed my signao laveha rliortlr spae between adjoining ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

ric is, t e t iin es an the recesses eing so p shaped that each thirnble on each brick may JOHNSON LANE' 5 be received in the corresponding recess of an Witnesses:

adjoining brick. l LAWRENCE SOCHAT,

In testimony `that I `claim rthe foregoing MARY DALY. 

